After a staff member dismissed racism as a problem in medicine on a podcast, a petition signed by thousands demanded a review of editorial processes at the journal.

A special report outlines the challenges - from unleashing the power of mRNA vaccines, to the battle for temporary intellectual-property relief.

Talented black graduates are being shut out of academic careers in science and technology, according to the president of the Royal Society, who appealed to the scientific community to improve access.

Critics say redundancies are being decided using unreliable measures related to funding and citations, highlighting broader unease about the use of metrics in science.

The two initiatives are continuing their joint efforts to increase the diversity of voices in scholarly review.

Within the scope of the Career Tracker Cohorts study, postdocs were surveyed in order to learn more about potential changes in their work routines, effects on their research, and their own assessment of the impact the pandemic would have on their careers. 

Global study of the effects of COVID-19 on research funding, publishing, and library budgets - the truth we found in the gap between perception and reality

2021 marks four years of publishing on Gates Open Research, now the 2nd most popular publication venue for Gates-funded researchers. In this blog post, Ashley Farley, Program Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, explores the publishing activity for the last year and the platform's growth in popularity and size.

Results confirming the vaccine's strong protection against COVID-19 were welcomed following last week's pause in roll-outs - but fresh questions have now emerged about the data.

Today, we are adding a Public access section to Scholar profiles to help you track and manage public access mandates for your articles.

Exclusive: users are allowed to praise mass killers and 'violent non-state actors' in certain situations

Experts reveal 'cautious excitement' over unstable particles that fail to decay as standard model suggests

The three of us took a break from our PhD programmes for a stint that enriched our CVs and improved our chances of career success.

A new study illuminates the complex array of neurological issues experienced by people months after their coronavirus infections.

Policymakers need insight from humanities and social sciences to tackle the pandemic.

Some publishers say they are battling industrialized cheating. A Nature analysis examines the 'paper mill' problem - and how editors are trying to cope.

Universities are urged to block a science research website, which police say could put data at risk.

Sci-Hub has been described as "the Pirate Bay of science", but often receives praise for opening access to research.

The hybrid model increasingly favoured by managers will change our cities for good.

Even with vaccination efforts in full force, the theoretical threshold for vanquishing COVID-19 looks to be out of reach.

EPFL introduced its new joint Master's in Sustainable Management and Technology, a degree that will prepare the next generation to spearhead the transition towards a more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economy and which is hosted by the multi-institutional initiative Enterprise for Society Center (E4S).

Dariah is launching an annual OA monograph bursary for early career researchers in digital humanities.

As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about free, openly licensed materials - but not to use them.

NASA's newest rover recorded audio of itself crunching over the surface of the Red Planet, adding a whole new dimension to Mars exploration.

PLOS generally refutes the assertion that OA via the UKRI policy is economically damaging, regarding the FTI Consulting report: "Economic assessment of the impact of the new Open Access policy developed by UK Research and Innovation".

Emotional intelligence is a crucial component of successful professional relationships. Here's how to boost yours.

The Big Four all lean on the encyclopedia at no cost. With the launch of Wikimedia Enterprise, the volunteer project will change that-and possibly itself too.

We asked doctors, scientists, public health experts and health advocates to take a look back - what would they redo, if they could?

A group of mathematicians invents a fictional researcher as a form of protest, but ethicists argue that the campaign is misguided.

British universities have made an urgent plea to Boris Johnson to intervene and stop threats of steep research funding cuts from the Treasury, which would cost the sector £1bn and imperil thousands of jobs.